Review of the aberrant spider wasp genus Irenangelus Schulz (Pompilidae Ceropalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species Author Binoy, C. 0000-0003-4309-5460 Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala- 673635, India. binoy _ doz @ uoc. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4309 - 5460 & Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode- 673001, Kerala, Affiliated to University of Calicut. Corresponding author binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in Author Wahis, Raymond 0000-0003-2924-8635 Department of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium. raymond. wahis @ skynet. be, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2924 - 8635 Author Kumar, P. Girish Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-10-12 4860 2 257 266 journal article 9092 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.7 1fb453eb-5827-4a34-90af-297c4a8faae1 1175-5326 4413761 695CF659-E0A0-4E10-AE25-C73B9E852A65 Irenangelus claripennis ( Cameron, 1891 ) Ceropales claripennis Cameron, 1891: 433 . Type material. Holotype ♂ —“I ndia: Maharashtra , Poona, Date?, Coll. Wroughton ” [ NHMUK ] , examined by RW. Diagnosis. This species is clearly recognizable from congeners in having LID ≥ 0.5× UID; OOL 2× POD; an- tennae moderately thick; clypeus with sides oblique, apex transverse; pronotum semi-transverse, laterally produced into triangular teeth; mesonotum flatfish, with two longitudinal furrows; furrow on mesopleura narrow; almost glabrous body with setose propodeum; wings hyaline. Distribution . India ( Maharashtra ) ( Cameron 1889 ).